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Finns welcome New Year amid festivity, joy

The celebrations of New Year 2025 have begun across the country late Tuesday night and continued on Wednesday amid festivity and joy. The celebrations attracted several thousands of people who welcome the 2025 moment after midnight through fireworks displays almost every part of the country. Several local authorities organised the

Published: 00:08 am,Thursday 26 December 2024

Christmas celebrated amidst festivity, joy

The Christmas celebration was observed on Wednesday across the country amidst festivity and joy as elsewhere in the world.People were found to celebrate the festival with their family members and dearest ones. Several hundreds of people, mostly tourists were seen at the Santa Claus Village at Arctic Circle in

Published: 03:23 am,Tuesday 24 December 2024

Xmas Eve today sets mood for Xmas tomorrow

All-out preparations have been made in the country to celebrate Christmas Eve on Tuesday and Christmas on Wednesday amidst festivity and joys. People will celebrate the festival with their family members and dearest ones. All government, semi-government and private offices and most of the business centres will remain closed on

Published: 02:06 am,Tuesday 24 December 2024

Posti delivers 7m parcels, 10m greeting cards during Christmas

National postal and logistic services operator Posti delivered 7 million parcels during the five busiest weeks of Christmas, said Posti in a press release on Monday. “A lot of parcels have once again been delivered to parcel lockers, service points, and homes. Parcel lockers are popular, and we have

Published: 01:14 am,Sunday 22 December 2024

Foreign language speakers in Finland also prefer home with Sauna

A significant number of foreign language speakers living in Finland prefer to buy home along with sauna, according to a survey commissioned by the OP Financial Group. A large proportion of foreign language speakers viewed that an ideal home should be spacious and calm, and a private sauna in

Published: 02:46 am,Tuesday 17 December 2024

Pro Finlandia Medals go to Swedish musicians Dahlgren, Ledin

President Alexander Stubb on Saturday presented the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland to singer and songwriter Eva Dahlgren and musician Tomas Ledin, said an official press release. The medals were conferred on the artists on 22 March 2024, prior to the President’s state

Published: 02:44 am,Tuesday 10 December 2024

12 libraries in Helsinki start Christmas gift campaign

Twelve libraries in Helsinki started a good mood Christmas campaign on Monday, which will continue until December 22, said the City of Helsinki in a press release. The staff of the libraries have wrapped books which they recommend as gifts with a suitable cover note. The staff are also

Published: 02:31 am,Tuesday 10 December 2024

Helsinki feeds birds in Tokoinranta in winter

The City of Helsinki will continue to feed birds in Tokoinranta this winter, said the city in a press release on Monday. The city has arranged feeding for birds wintering in Tokoinranta since the 1930s, when the first mallards stayed in Töölönlahti for the winter. Nowadays Tokoinranta is one

Published: 00:47 am,Tuesday 10 December 2024

´Emilia Pérez´ leads 82nd Annual Golden Globes nomination

The nominations for the 82nd Golden Globe Awards were announced Monday, and "Emilia Pérez" and "The Bear" are the top nominees on film and TV side, respectively, reported Xinhua. French musical crime film "Emilia Pérez," acquired by Netflix, led the film nominees with 10 nods, including for best

Published: 04:08 am,Thursday 5 December 2024

24,000 postcards sent to war veterans marking Independence Day

National postal and logistic services operator Posti, the war veteran associations and the Lotta Svärd Foundation organized a card campaign for the tenth time, in which the veterans and women of wars and Lotta women were commemorated with postcards. The purpose of the campaign is to bring relief to

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